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ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture

ATTRA, or Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas, is a trusted source of sustainable agriculture information and maintains a knowledge base of practical multimedia resources for farmers, ranchers, and educators. NCAT’s agriculture specialists work directly with farmers, ranchers, land managers, and others across the country to provide individualized technical assistance, offer practical learning opportunities, and facilitate meaningful connections among producers, experts, researchers, and industry professionals.

From the basics of starting a farm to marketing locally grown products, and from organic specialty crop production to regenerative livestock management, our sustainable agriculture specialists provide trusted, practical multimedia resources to nearly 35,000 farmers each year. 

ATTRA was created in 1987 through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development program.

  1. Marketing Information from ATTRA

    2011-07-20 ECHO has not often shared marketing information and advice, because markets tend to be uncertain and volatile. Advice that is good for one location might not be helpful in another. Yet we recognize the important influence of economics and marketing in the lives of small-scale farmers. Although...
    Marketing Farm Plan

  2. EDN Issue #112

    2011-07-20 Bamboo for Fences New Use for Moringa Seeds Resource for Understanding Land and Tree Tenure Issues Marketing Information from ATTRA Tomatoes from Cuttings Metal Silos for Improved Grain Storage Avocado Trees ‘Caro Rich’ Tomato Seed for Increased Vitamin A

  3. Preparing for Agricultural Missions

    Key Resource 2006-04-01 There are two parts to this document; part 1 provides a brief description of the things a college student should consider as he/she chooses opportunities for learning and part 2 lists organizations that provide some practical training. The second section will be most useful for individuals...
    Agricultural Devel... Agricultural Missions

  4. Agriculture Components for Small Institutions: Realistic Expectations and Best Practices

    2010-04-01 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #5 Across Asia, small institutions such as children's homes play an essentialrole in caring for orphans and other young people at risk. Likewise, hostels (i.e., boarding facilities) provide disadvantaged students with safe places tostay in order to further...
    Institutional Agri... Institutional Agri... School gardens School Management ECHO Resources Asia

  5. ATTRA - Sustainable Agriculture Program

    ATTRA is a program developed and managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT). The majority of funding for ATTRA is through a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Business-Cooperative Service. We are also partially funded through sales...
    Sustainable Agricu... Key Resource

  6. ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture

    ATTRA is a program developed and managed by the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT). The majority of funding for ATTRA is through a cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Business-Cooperative Service. We are also partially funded through sales...
    Food Processing Key Resource

  7. Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources - ATTRA

    Certain plants can benefit others when planted in close proximity or used as botanical pesticides. This publication discusses the scientific and traditional basis for companion planting associations including trap cropping, weed suppression, physical-spatial interactions, and other relationships....
    Trap Crop Companion Crops

  8. ATTRA Publications on Sustainable Agriculture

    More than 2 million farms dot the United States, covering about 40% of the land in America. TheNational Center for Appropriate Technology’sATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program supports farmers, ranchers, agriculture educators, and land managers at every stage of their agricultural journey....

  9. New Seed Bank Additions

    2013-09-15 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #18 We are pleased to offer three new types of seeds (Cosmos, African Marigold, and Zinnia) at the ECHO Asia Seed Bank, none of which have been offered to our member network before. You will notice that these are not our “typical” ECHO seeds, because they are...
    Asia

  10. C- Apples – Organic Production Guide – Tammy Hinman and Guy Ames

    This publication provides information on organic apple production from recent research and producer experience. Many aspects of apple production are the same whether the grower uses low-spray, organic, or conventional management. Accordingly, this publication focuses on the aspects that differ...

  11. Sustainable Agriculture Book - Chapter 6 The_Ten_Fundamentals

    2005-01-20 We gardeners, farmers and food growers are always looking for new technology, but a large body of information is already available to us. When I scan resources from A to Z, I find many interesting titles that are widely published and now available from Amazon books, Acres USA, ATTRA and various...